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As long as putting the king in check isn't optimal…

• Dr_Birdbrain 4y ago
  Right, so your check should be in a context where another move was mate in 1
  • misja111 4y ago
    Not necessarily. The check with forced answer could be a terrible move in normal chess. E.g. a check with the queen where the queen can simply be taken by the king.
• DoughnutHole 4y ago
  Which it quite often is. Like the example they show with the early-game check with the queen, putting the king in check by placing a totally undefended piece within one square of the king is (usually) a suboptimal move, and the king taking that piece will (often) be the most optimal way of getting out of check. In this variant the attacking piece will effectively be protected by how bad its move was. Creates some interesting incentives - the only way to checkmate is a move that is normally not optimal and has only one way out of check.